In my front yard I have an area about 15x10. I want to plant a rose garden, what other plants will go with?

I planted red and pink "pinks" around my heart shaped rose garden

In my front yard I have an area about 15x10. I want to plant a rose garden, what other plants will go with?
Nepeta x faasenii is good, catmints give you blue to go with the pink, red and yellow roses. Also Alyssum, cerastium (snow in summer), Stachys (lambs ear), Erigeron, and if you want an attractive onion type plant, Tulbaghia (Society Garlic) comes in variegated and grey leafed and flowers for months a mauve colour.





Try not to plant to close to the base of the roses as free air movement helps to prevent diseases. Good luck!
Reply:I always think that an old-fashioned perennial garden with a few roses looks much nicer than a strict rose garden. But whatever you decide, plants in the onion/garlic family can help prevent pests like aphids. There are lots of nice flowers in this family, but chives are cheap and the purple flowers will go nicely if you have lots of pink roses.
Reply:Remember you will be pruning those roses as well as fertilizing several times a year. The suggestion not to plant close to the rose is good from the point you'll be stepping on things and hoeing them up as you fertilize.





Roses can grow quite large so allow enough room. Roses need good air circulation to reduce disease problems, so don't cram stuff in there.





One public rose garden is noted for planting delphiniums in with their roses. I always thought that a strange but also striking combination.





Roses bloom in a 40 day schedule so you'll have periods of great bloom and then periods where things are less abundant. Good thinking to have something around.





Finally, get some graph paper and plot out your garden. Quickly you'll discover 150 square feet won't hold all you want to grow. It is all gardener's dilemma.
Reply:You can plant baby's breath and garlic. The garlic will help controll bugs and the baby's breath just add's beauty. And you will also have filler for when you cut your roses.
Reply:you can also plant jasmine
Reply:I have a rose bush and a gardenia bush in my garden and they both have a beautiful smell and are so pretty when both are in bloom.
Reply:star jasmine, gerber daisies, gazinias, anything low to provide color to the lower part of the garden.
Reply:Roses look great by themselves. I prefer a white rock ground cover only. Whatever you decide, you need to make sure other plants are not to close to the roses because the roses need alot of room. Check out the these two web sites for more info


www.rosemagazine.com


www.jacksonandperkins.com





Both have a weath of info on rose gardens
Reply:I would do the border with a low to the ground non flowering small green plant or white flowering...you don't want to take away from the beauty of the roses